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[Miscellaneous Android Development] HarmVanG:
Sorry I'm a real noob at this, I'm lost at what to do.

My device has a black screen, I cannnot get it into a adb mode or anything and it gets only recognized as a fastboot device.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yulaws:
Follow what i wrote a few posts above
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yulaws:
This is from my laptop

The update folder is from c170cg raw, as \fls\flash..

I used command

Fastboot flash vrl "update\vrl.bin"

And followed by all the partition files below.. vrl.bin 1st then recovery.bin, then boot.bin and the rest

Once completed

Remove usb and reboot with power and vol down to see if recovery is back

If so, power off and press power and vol up to get into bootloader. Should be green screen now

After this step

Get hold of vrl.bin and recovery.bin for p10z firmware, which is available on po1z root thread here on xda ( search for it)

Once flashed these 2 files. Download the latest update firmware from asus website and either place it in sdcard (make sure you have a good class 10 sdcsrd, othereise you will struggle)

Or you can sideload it through adb in recovery mode (you still need a good sdcard inserted, othereise tablet will be stuck on infinite boot screen.

After everything boots up. Restart into bootloader and unlock bootloader by using this command

Fastboot oem asus-go

Hit enter, and type this after

Fastboot oem asus-go confirm

Now find the root file from po1z root thread and flash it

I just renamed my file to root.img

Happy days ??
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Amirulhamzi97:
how is work

How is work? Can tech you tech me
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vladko10:
Please help, kinda bricked it

So a friend gave me this tablet and told me that it wouldn't download apps from gplay it gave error 504. After trying a few different ways to solve it without success I decided my best bet would be to just reflash the OS that's on there. I then found this guide and said hell why not root it, that's even better. So I did everything, following every step from the guide until it was time to unlock the bootloader. Upon typing in the new command "fastboot flashing unlock" I get an error "FAILED (remote: Can not get partition size)". I tried a few other commands such as "fastboot flashing unlock_critical" and got the same result. I thought "maybe the PC doesn't recognize it in fastboot mode" so I decided to test it out in the dumbest way possible since I'm more of a computer guy I don't deal with mobile devices. I typed in "fastboot -w" erasing the data and cache, thinking it's like a factory reset and then I read the part about bricking more carefully and realized I was in big trouble. So I go "ok let's try to boot it up" and I did, it just sits on the ASUS logo with the spinning thingy for ever, I left it for a while and it still didn't boot. I turned it off holding the power button and tried factory resetting it, same result. I decided to try the alternative brick fix and install the older software and since my card reader decided not to cooperate I tried installing it with ADB Sideload which kinda worked but then it told me that the version already on there was newer and it aborted the installation. I tried flashing a custom recovery on it and it said that the device is locked, but when i tried to unlock it with the command it didn't work once again giving me the same error. Sometimes it doesn't even give me an error it just hangs there without displaying anything for about 30 minutes (the CMD prompt that is) so I'm forced to close it. I really don't know what to do. Please help now I feel terrible for bricking it.

Edit: So now it gives me "FAILED (remote failure)"

Weird....

Edit2: Well screw me, don't ask me how, I have no idea. I left it to boot and went about doing some chores because I figured well it might as well work. So I came back a few minutes later and the screen was black, I pressed the power button and sure enough I was at the setup screen. Google play seems to have "uninstalled itself" somehow, but it says "restoring apps" so that might be a part of the problem. I'll see what happens next.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vladko10:
Edit3: So I still can't install apps on it (not because of the rooting process). And upon typing in a command to unlock the bootloader it gives me the same error "(remote failure)" I've tried different drivers, different usb ports and none of those helped. Even "flashing get_unlock_ability" gives me the same error. What am I supposed to do?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] △ TRY △:
Anyone who deodexed the stock rom?

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2374008

Deodexed original stock rom,no modified.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yulaws:
Have you tried the correct method

Fastboot oem asus-go

And then fastboot oem asus-go confirm

Once unlocked flash root.img and reboot

Before this method, if you want to update to latest firmware, download the update flash from asus website and sideload it to your phone under recovery mode.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vladko10:
I'll try

I haven't tried this method yet, thanks for the input! I'll see if it works.

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It worked! Well I think so at least, I managed to unlock the bootloader with your commands (thank you!) but I still can't download apps on it to verify that it's rooted :(. I'm sorry for being off topic, but do you think a custom rom can fix that issue, if so can you recommend one? I also tried sideloading the latest firmare on Asus' website and it said that it was already installed, I also tried installing it in fastboot using the command "fastboot update C:\Users\Mirski\Downloads\UL-P01V-WW-12.26.5.49-user.zip flashall" (if I remember correctly this was the command I used) which also gave me an error "archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'". All help is appreciated!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] HarmVanG:
Hi, I got some progress I now boot directly into fastboot but I get the green screen now. I did have a problem where I get a failure error with the system.bin file when I try to flash it.

ot\WW_Z170CG_V12.26.4.45-UPDATEDFORZ170C\WW_Z170CG_V12.26.4.45-UPDATEDFORZ170C>fastboot flash sytem C:\windows-adb-fastboot\WW_Z170CG_V12.26.4.45-UPDATEDFORZ170C\WW_Z170CG_V12.26.4.45-UPDATEDFORZ170C\fls\fastboot\system.bin

(bootloader) sytem partition type: raw

target reported max download size of 1019215872 bytes

sending sparse 'sytem' (993934 KB)...

(bootloader) Ready to receive: 0x3caa3bfc size of data

OKAY [ 25.744s]

writing 'sytem'...

(bootloader) Flashing partition: sytem

FAILED (remote: Can not get partition size)

finished. total time: 25.754s

I still can't get into recovery mode though :(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yulaws:
Is your model P01V?

Did u install a fresh installation of adb?

Can you post your getvar info on here

Fastboot getvar all
[Miscellaneous Android Development] HarmVanG:
Here it is, thanks for your help again :o

C:\windows-adb-fastboot\WW_Z170CG_V12.26.4.45-UPDATEDFORZ170C\WW_Z170CG_V12.26.4.45-UPDATEDFORZ170C>fastboot getvar all

(bootloader) version-baseband: 24832

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1550.500_M1S1

(bootloader) product: SF_3GR

(bootloader) secure: YES

(bootloader) unlocked: YES

(bootloader) off-mode-charge: 1

(bootloader) ========== parition type ==========

(bootloader) system parition type: ext4

(bootloader) userdata parition type: ext4

(bootloader) cache parition type: ext4

(bootloader) hypervisor parition type: raw

(bootloader) boot parition type: raw

(bootloader) recovery parition type: raw

(bootloader) splash parition type: raw

(bootloader) mvconfig parition type: raw

(bootloader) secvm parition type: raw

(bootloader) vrl parition type: raw

(bootloader) psi parition type: raw

(bootloader) slb parition type: raw

(bootloader) ucode_patch parition type: raw

(bootloader) APD parition type: ext4

(bootloader) ADF parition type: ext4

(bootloader) factory parition type: ext4

(bootloader) nvm_static_calib parition type: raw

(bootloader) nvm_static_fix parition type: raw

(bootloader) nvm_dynamic parition type: raw

(bootloader) linux_nvm_fs parition type: ext4

(bootloader) ===================================

(bootloader) ========== parition size ==========

(bootloader) system parition size: 0x0000000090000000

(bootloader) userdata parition size: 0x00000002f0380000

(bootloader) cache parition size: 0x0000000017200000

(bootloader) hypervisor parition size: 0x0000000000100000

(bootloader) boot parition size: 0x0000000001100000

(bootloader) recovery parition size: 0x0000000001100000

(bootloader) splash parition size: 0x0000000002080000

(bootloader) mvconfig parition size: 0x0000000000080000

(bootloader) secvm parition size: 0x0000000000c00000

(bootloader) vrl parition size: 0x0000000000040000

(bootloader) psi parition size: 0x0000000000020000

(bootloader) slb parition size: 0x0000000000100000

(bootloader) ucode_patch parition size: 0x0000000000003000

(bootloader) APD parition size: 0x0000000009600000

(bootloader) ADF parition size: 0x0000000000100000

(bootloader) factory parition size: 0x0000000000900000

(bootloader) nvm_static_calib parition size: 0x0000000000800000

(bootloader) nvm_static_fix parition size: 0x0000000000100000

(bootloader) nvm_dynamic parition size: 0x0000000000100000

(bootloader) linux_nvm_fs parition size: 0x0000000000500000

(bootloader) ===================================

(bootloader) max-download-size: 0x3cc00000

all:

finished. total time: 0.262s

Ow and it's the P01Z Z170C version.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vladko10:
It's P01Y actually. The one with the dual sim.

Ok, something weird just happened, I turned it off to try and enter recovery and it just hangs on the "powered by android" screen, but it goes into bootloader mode just fine. Trying to boot into the OS just leads to the same infinite loading screen as before... What the hell?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yulaws:
Trying to help both of you, im getting confused whose got what problem lol

HarmVanG

Have you tried the command

Fastboot erase system

Vladko10

You will need to get P01Y firmware update zip from asus website. Looking at your earlier post, it seems you have P01V firmware update zip
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vladko10:
I just realized and derped really hard, so I downloaded the newest frimware which is from 2017 so it should install just fine, thing is right now I can't get it to go into recovery. It was working "fine" then I rebooted and now it won't even boot into the OS. The only thing that works is fastboot. Btw thanks for taking the time to reply to this thread, you da real MVP.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yulaws:
Get hold of P01Y vrl.bin and recovery.bin and flash them. You should get recovery back, then sideload the latest firmware :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vladko10:
Gotcha, I'll try it as soon as I get home.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vladko10:
I apologize for bothering you, but I can't seem to find recovery image for this device. I've found one for the Zenfone 4 but that probably won't work, so I'm not going to try it. Am I missing something here, where should I look? I've looked on Asus' website and searched through 3 pages of google results and I can't find anything. Can you post a link to download it, or point me where to look, either will be greatly appreciated.

So after digging on the internet for a little while I discovered that the file should be in the update folder, but it is not... The files in there are

META-INF (folder)

file_contexts

fwu_image.bin

system.new.dat

system.patch.dat

system.transfer.list
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yulaws:
It seems the z170cg raw firmware.zip is P01Y. So use vrl.bin and recovery.bin from there. The link is a few posts above
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vladko10:
It worked but now I'm stuck at "No command" and the icon with the android laying on its back flashes about every 6 seconds. I tried different button combinations as seen on google, but it didn't work. Two times while literally spamming the buttons in frustration some yellow text appeared at the bottom (can't remember what it said), the android icon disappeared and when the text was gone (very quickly) the icon appeared again.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yulaws:
When you see no command text, just press either vol up or down to access the recoverh mode
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vladko10:
That's what I've been doing for the last 10 minutes, still not working. Just to confirm i found a zip named "WW_Z170CG_V12.26.4.45-UPDATEDFORZ170C". Is it the correct one?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yulaws:
Yes this is the right one. Should be around 2gb in size
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vladko10:
I shot a quick video to demonstrate, am I doing something wrong? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVoX1X87MT8

BTW thank you once again for the help so far!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yulaws:
Hmm. Try flashing all the partitions files from the raw.zip starting with vrl.bin and see what happens.

You can also try

Fastboot erase

Command

E.g.

fastboot erase recovery
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ChristopheH:
Custom ROM?

Hi guys,

Had rooted the tablet today, thanks to all information here.

But now, what can I do more? This tablet is super slow...

Any custom ROM somewhere?? Any advices??

Cheers!

Chris
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MartiniGM:
Thanks awesomelewis24,

besides the fact that I had to use fastboot oem asus-go and fastboot oem asus-go confirm to unlock the bootloader, your post was very helpful. :good::good:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vladko10:
I tried to erase the recovery and the vrl.bin and it gave me an error, so I just went straight to flashing them and they downloaded just fine. I'll try flashing the other files when I get home, cheers!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vladko10:
Installing all of the files brought back the recovery and the update installed successfully! But right now it's been sitting at the Asus logo with the loading icon for the past 10-15 minutes. I think there's something wrong. Any suggestions? Btw thank you for getting the recovery back!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yulaws:
Now you need to insert a good sdcard in tablet, preferably a class 10. Boot into recovery and sideload the latest P01Y firmware downloaded from asus website. Once completed, restart and wait till it loads up (wait 20 mins max)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vladko10:
I see but I sideloaded the firmware with adb which I guess is essentially the same. That's what I meant by "the update installed" sorry if I wasn't being clear enough, English isn't my mother language. The process I went through was

-go into recovery

-select sideload with adb

-select the zip and flash it with the appropriate commands

-wait (a while)

-get confirmation from both tablet and PC that the update was installed

-got message "reboot to finish update"

-30+ minutes later still at ASUS logo

-shut tablet off

-crie :(

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I don't know how notifications work here so to be extra annoying I decided to quote you so I'm sure you get notified hehe. Once again thank you for helping me.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yulaws:
I get notifications on my mobile. We all need help, i needed help after bricking my tablet and ppl helped me. So I will also use the knowledge and experience I gained to help ppl unbrick their tablet ?

Put a formatted sdcard in your asus.Try a different one if the one you already have doesnt work.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vladko10:
Ok, I'll see if I can dig one up because my OPO doesn't have an SD card slot so I don't own one. There is a 2gb SD card in the tablet from god knows when, so I guess that's out of the question. I'll see if I can borrow one tomorrow. Just to be sure, do I need to reinstall the firmware by copying it to the SD card or do I just insert a formatted card and try to boot it? I'm going to catch some sleep and see what I can do tomorrow, thanks for the quick response and have a nice evening (or day)!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yulaws:
You will need to do it again. Insert a good sdcard then sideload it in again. Im not sure if 2gb is enough
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vladko10:
I borrowed a 32gb Hama class 10 SD card from a friend and I installed the firmware from the sdcard, according to the displayed text it was successful so I turned it on and left it to boot, came back an hour later and it was still at the loading screen, I'm a step away from admitting defeat, though it's in a worse state than I got it and I don't want to dissapoint my friend. Is there anything you can suggest? Thanks for the help so far!

I've attached a picture of the text after the install was complete.

PS: The card is fine, he bought it because he was trying to update the firmware on his action cam and it wouldn't work with the 4gb one that he had. Using that card solved it for him.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vladko10:
*Bump* in a desperate attempt to get help. I'm sorry if I'm bothering you :(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yulaws:
Try to sideload the update.zip file via recovery. See if that works

---------- Post added at 09:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:28 PM ----------

Try to sideload the update.zip file via recovery. See if that works
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vladko10:
Just tried it, I got the same result. Just to be sure I waited 30 minutes to boot, but it did not.

PS: The text was the same as the text I got when installing the update via the SD card.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] andreaspilo:
help! brik!!!

my girlfriend bought this tablet, I followed the guide but while he was running the program there was a blackout!

tablet with black screen, not even charging the battery!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hwoarang5:
thanks a million, this works, i think thread starter need to update this command as well, this one works for zenpad 7.0 z370cg
[Miscellaneous Android Development] xlizkh:
[help] my asus zenpad z370cg can't connect to wifi!

[help] my asus zenpad z370cg can't connect to wifi!

recently i bought this asus zenpad z370cg.

but its very difficult to connect to wifi.

i do everything i can, like update software etc.

is anyone have solution? thanks *sorry for bad english

phone information:

type: Z370CG

model number: P01V

android version: 5.0.2

build number: LRX22G.22_ZenPad= 12.26.5.49-20160527 release-keys 044030536_201506120105 (newest)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] waqypaqy:
Thanks alot for this guide!!

I am trying to find a custom recovery for this device. Can anyone provide a link to a compatible TWRP/CWM recovery? Or is this device too old now?

A
[Miscellaneous Android Development] benniehelder:
not managed to root asus zenpad c 7

Dear friends,

i have used the minimal adb and fastboot tp get this tablet rooted, after set the app in fastboot (a greenish figure) but when i try this one:

fastboot oem unlock

fastboot oem unlock confirm

fastboot boot "C:\Users\{your PC user name here}\Desktop\root-z170c_cg.img" is says ''waiting for any device?"

can you help me, pl? greets from holland bennie
[Miscellaneous Android Development] benniehelder:
the right driver
[Miscellaneous Android Development] benniehelder:
succeeded!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hotaaa:
hello every one .:confused:

i have zenpad z370cg and i want easy way to unlock the bootloader and root the device for unlocking the cpu .

i need guaranteed way for not losing the phone and i hope to have video that help me.

i'm new at this field.

this must be the hardest challenge for developers to make it easy for the users .

and thank you for the help.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] benniehelder:
I had the same, but where do i find a stockrom?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] benniehelder:
pls can you tell me how tt download fronm the russian site?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hayabusa_gsxr:
the newest firmwares available at asus official site.

After a year of using old firmware i flashed one from asus site (latest) and the tablet is working faster and smoother than ever.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] J.Paul:
Im just booted TWRP on latest firmware,worked just fine,is awesome ,i can backup and restore,install zip ecc,and adb working too on recovery.no more bootloops playing with the system XD

TWRP.zip

Go in fastboot mod,unpack the zip and double click on start.bat file.

Note: do not restore dalvik-caches..

Edit 2: If someone want an overclocked kernel i can upload it,working great..
[Miscellaneous Android Development] picassolsus:
Are there any ROMs available for this tablet to get it onto Marshmallow or Nouget?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] J.Paul:
Working right now on CM13,hope it will boot..
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kalxite:
any success wit a rom for asus-zenpad-c-7-0-z170c

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tried this on my Z170C stopped at the ASUS screen nothing happens i force a reboot go into recovery mode i see no options for twrp or perhaps i am missing something
[Miscellaneous Android Development] justineldracher:
OK, so I got a Zenpad C 7.0 tablet today and I'm trying to root it. However, whenever I try to enter fastboot or the bootloader, I get the green screen shown below. I was able to do a factory reset by pressing the power and volume down button so at the same time, and then pressing the power button when it booted to the "no command" screen, but it didn't help. The device will not respond via adb or fastboot while that screen is there, and it won't go away unless I power off. The tablet boots fine in normal mode, but the recovery/fastboot area does not seem to be working properly. Any ideas?

I am guessing that I will have to use either the "apply update from ADB" or the "apply update from SD card" option, but I will need some guidance on what files to use.

Thanks!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] justineldracher:
Turns out my drivers weren't installed properly, so the computer couldn't connect to the device while it was in fastboot mode. Manually assigned the drivers and now it works perfectly. :good:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] tony950:
having a problem too

how did you manually assign the drivers? i am confused
[Miscellaneous Android Development] justineldracher:
Assigning Drivers

Since I'm on Windows, I opened Device Manager and then found the tablet in the list of devices. When the tablet was in fastboot mode, the tablet had a yellow exclamation point icon next to it, so I knew the drivers weren't installed properly. I then right-clicked on it and hit "Update Driver Software" and chose the "Browse my computer for driver software" option. I then used the "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer" option, and then selected the Google ADB drivers. I've attached some screenshots below, but they're not quite perfect since I have already installed the driver. It appears to be a different driver while the tablet is booted up and when it is in fastboot, so that is why it shows the Asus driver instead of the Google one in the attachments.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] tony950:
problems

can you give me the exact download links for the fastboot/adb drivers and the usb drivers that you used? what ever i am using is not working
[Miscellaneous Android Development] justineldracher:
Drivers attached

I've attached a zip with the ADB/Fastboot installer and also an installer for the fastboot drivers, hopefully they work for you.